have roughened
- present perfect of roughen.
Example Sentences
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Career and life decisions may have roughened the road, but all are making their way — some taking less conventional routes than others.
From Nature ● Jan. 5, 2011
Struggling against the savageness of man and nature must have roughened our manners a little, just as working on the ground roughens one's hands.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various
Then, without even a parting smooth to the hair, which the violent off-tearing of my cap must have roughened and disheveled, I go down-stairs and reënter the boudoir.
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
